William james brown



Paten ted Dec. I3, I898.

W. J. BROWN. CARRIAGE GEAR.

(Application filed Jan. 80, 1897.)

(No lludel.)

UNITED STATES \VILLIAM JAMES BROWN ATENT Enron.

, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

CARRIAG E-G EAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,797, dated December13, 1898.

Application filed January 30, 1 897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LWILLIAM JAMES BROWN, carriage-builder, of the city ofToronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and usef ul Improvements in Carriage-Gears, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in carriage-gears; and the objectof the in vention is to provide a very cheap, simple, and resilientspring-gear for a carriage or buggy which will support the body in sucha manner as to more effectually relieve and overcome the jolt-ing of thecarriage-body more than other gears at present in use for this purpose;and it consists, essentially, of peculiarly-formed C-springs securedabove the axle, pivotally connected at the top to a U- shaped axialsupport for the body, which is suitably and preferably journaled at thebottom of the body, and, further, of a double reach, also forming at therear portion a support for the C-springs, such double reach extending tothe front top portion of the fifthwheel of the Vehicle, upon which anelliptical spring is secured, which serves to support the front portionof the body, the parts being constructed and arranged in detail, ashereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l'is a perspective View of the major portion of the body and thepeculiar form of runninggear for supporting the same to which myinvention relates. Fig. 2 is a detail of the fifth-wheel and itsconnection to cured at the bottom above and to the axle by theclip-bolts d. The upper end of the Q- springs D is formed with eyes 61'.

E is a U-shaped axial support, the base of the U of which is preferablyformed round and journaled in suitable bearing-brackets a, secured tothe bottom of the body.

e are the outwardly-extending ends of the Serial No. 621,308. (Nomodel.)

support E, which have ends or stems e, that extend through the eyes 61,formed on the end of the C -springs. The outer end of each stem 6 isthreaded and provided. with a nut 6 which secures the I-shaped end ofthe C- springs from lateral displacement.

F F are the double reaches, the rear ends F F of which are flaredoutwardly and extend underneath the bottom front end of the C-springs,to which they are secured by bolts f. The reaches are also preferablyrendered rigid at the rear by the braces f f which are bolted at one endto the reach and secured at the other end to clips 0 c on the axle. Theforward ends of the double reach F F extend to the rearwardly-projectingbars g g, which are attached to or form part of the upper portion G ofthe fifth-wheel. The lower portion G of the fifth-Wheel is secured ontop of the axle B.

H is an elliptical spring formedin a manner common to suchoarriage-sprin gs and suitably secured to the top G of the fifth-wheeland to the bottom of the front ofthe body A.

It will be seen from the construction hereinbefore described that thebody A will be supported in such a manner that it will be relieved fromthe jolting and also have an endwise swinging movement upon the top ofthe C-springs, which I find in practice makes the vehicle verycomfortable to ride in.

WVhat I claim as my invention is.'

The combination with the front and rear axles and fifth-wheel, of thedouble reach havin a narrowed front portion connected to the stationaryportion of the fifth-wheel and a fiar ing rear portion and'the Q-springssecured to the flaring rear end of the rear portions of the reach andclipped to the axle and the substantially U -shaped body-loop having thecross-bar of the loop journaled in bearings at the bottom of the bodyand the arms of the U extending forwardly and outwardly and pivotallyconnected to the upper ends of the C-springs as and for the purposespecified.

WVILLIAM JAMES BROWN.

lVitnesses:

B. BOYD, II. DENNISON.

